Pocket sales-register



A. S. SAMUELS.

POCKET SALES REGISTER.

APPLICATION HLED AUG-8.1917.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

wit INVENTOH A TTORAIEYS V ALBERT s. SAMUELS, or SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA.

POCKET SALES-REGISTER.

1 h ail whom it may concern: y

Be it known that LALBERT 'S. Seamus, a citizen of the Umted States, anda resldent of thecity and county of San Francisco and iiitate ofCalifornia, have invented? a .neW. and useful Pocket Sales-Ftegister,of' ivhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sales registers and one of the objects of myinvention isto provide a sales register adapted to becarriediin thepocketof'the salesman. T r Another object of my inventioniis toprovide asales register which will prevent :dishonest handling of money receivedfrom enstomers. l 1 Another object of my invention is to provide a salesregister comprising asealed casing of inexpensive material, containing asupply of-blank sales checks, and such that when the last of the blanksis used, the 'seal or the casing must be mutilated in order to extractthe strip on which the various sales have been recorded; I Anotherobject of my invention is to .provide a sales register comprisinga nonrefillable casing containing a" quantity of blank sales checks, and soconstructed. as to retain therein a record of the filled-in checks,which cannot be recovered Without mutilating the casing. i

The invention possesses other featuresof at vantage, some of which, withtheforegoing, will be set forth in the following de' scription of thepreferred form of myinvention which is illustrated in the drawingsaccompanying and forming part of the specification. It is to beunderstood that I do not limit inyselfto the showing made by the saiddrawings and description, as I may adopt variationsof the preferred formwithin the scope of my invention as set forth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical sectiontakenlengthwise of the register. l

Figs. 2 and 3 are views in'vertical section of fragments of the upperand lower members respectively of theregistercasing. The views arearranged close together to more clearly indicate the means for fixingthe relative positions ofthe upper and lower members of thefcasing whenassembled.

Fig. dis a plan view of a fragment of the Specification of LettersPatent.

ApplicationfilcdAugust 8, 1917. Serial No. 185,154.

Patented Dec. 2, rain.

" lower part of the casing, showing the con struction of the corner.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the platen. The transfer sheet is shownattached thereto. v

Fig. 6 is a side view of the magazine roll.

Fig. 7 is a side view of one of the feed rollers.

Fig. 8. is a plete register. l

Fig. 9 is a side view ofa fragment of: a register, showing a modifiedform of sealing means. V V

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary view explanatory of Fig. 9.

The sales register of my invention coniprises a casing preferably formedof two mated members, which when secured together form a casing whichcannot be opened without mutilation. A supply of blank saleschecks intriplicate is assembled in the casing; Means are provided for permittingthe recordation of sales data upon the uppermost blank and by transfermeans forming a duplicate and triplicate copy thereof. Means are alsoprovided for permitting the extraction from the casing of the originaland duplicate copies and for the retention therein ofthe triplicatecopy; Preferably a seal 'is also applied across the line of union of thetwo parts of the casing so that opening it to tamper with or recover thetriplicate copy will involve'a mutilation of the casing or of the sealor of both.

The register casing comprises two parts or members 2 and 3 adapted to besecured perspective view of the cointogether to form a casing of suchsize and proportion as to be easily slipped'into an ordinary coatpocket. The closure or upper part 2 of the casing is provided with anaperture 4, and alined therewith is alplaten 6 upon which the blankchecks 7 in triplicate from the magazine roll 8 rest while the user ofthe register is writing the record of his sales.

' The platen 6, best shown in Fig. 5, is provided with sides 9 and anend 12 to form a box-like member in which one end and face of the boxhave been omitted. The sides 9 and the end 12 forma support for theplaten surface 6. The end 12 also forms apartition across the casing, asshown in Fig. 1, thus forming a chamber (1 in which the triplicatecopies 7 of the sales checks accumulate. The end 12 also acts as astiffening member for the casing. The sides 9 of the platen structurealso stiffen the side construction of the casing and form a backing orbase upon which the sides are glued when the casing and closure areassembled. This reinforces the sides of the casing, keeps the jointtight, and helps to hold the two portions firmly together. The wall 12joins the platen surface 6 in a smooth curve so that the strips 7 willrun smoothly over the corner and for the same reason the platen at theopposite end is curved downwardly into a lip 13.

The width of the platen structure is such that it fits snugly into thecasing transversely. It's longitudinal position is fixed by cornerblocks 14 and 16 at one end of the casing and corner blocks 17 and 18 atthe other end. The corner blocks also perform three other importantfunctions.

They form bearings for the magazine roll 8 and the feed rollers 19 and21; provide means for "alining the two parts of thecasing; and providemeans for uniting the two parts of the casing on the inside beyond reachof interference.

As shown in Figs- 2 and'S, the block 14: is provided with a projection22 andthe block 16 is correspondingly recessed. Similarly formed blocksare arranged in each of the four corners of the casing and theinterlocking of the blocks fixesthe relative positions of the members ofthe casing. It will also be clear that if glue or cement is applied uponthe contacting surfaces of the mated blocks, that a union is effectedbetween the parts which is out of reach of any non-mutilating openingforce. Each of the blocks 14. is also provided with a recess 2% adaptedto receive the journal 26 of the spindle 27 upon which the magazine roll8 is held. When the magazine roll is dropped into place, the journals 26engaging in the recesses 24:, and the upper part 2 of the casing isplaced in position on the lower part 3, the blocks 16 close the recesses24 and the magazine roll is securely but rotatably held in position.

At the opposite end of the casing a similar arrangement secures therollers 19 and 21. These rollers as well asthe spindle 27 of themagazine roll, are preferably entirely of wood turned to proper size andhaving suitable journals formed on tl e ends. The mounting of roller 21is the same as that of the magazine roll. It is rotatable but otherwiseis fixed in its bearings. The roller 19, however, is held in a deeprecess 29, and except as prevented by the roller 21 which overlaps it asmall amount, is capable of limitedvertical movement. The reason forthis follows. The strips 7 of sales checks in triplicate pass downwardlyand around feed roller 21. the strips separate, the two upper ones? and7 passing out of the casing-through a slot 31 and the triplicate copy 7passing I around roller 21 and-downwardly adjacent the curved end of thelower half of the casing, -under roller '19 and back into chamber C.When the register is assembled the ends of the upper two strips are leftprojecting from the slot 31'and the end of the trlpli- 'cate stripturned downwardly against the curved end wall. The first blank check isthen in position on the platen. 'To extract the first check, the usergrasps the protruding ends and pulls the strips out until the tear linebetween the checks is reached, when the first set is torn off, leavingshort ends of the second set, so that the operation may be repeated witheach sale. Pulling the upper'two strips 7 and 7 out causes the third andinner strips 7 3 to be gripped against the feed roller 21. turns, thelower strip is fed downwardly and rearwardly into the chamber C. Thetension on the strips tends to lift idler roller 19, which thereforepresses the pack or ribbonof three strips firmly against the feed roller19. The tension placed upon the strips when pulling them out,istherefore made to insure the proper alinement of the strips and thefeeding of the triplicate backwardly into the chamber C.

A spring lip 32 is formed at the edge of the aperture in the upper part2 of thee-as ing, adjacent the receiving'end of the platen. This springlip presses tightly against the strips on the platen and helps to keepthem flat and smooth. Although the casing may be made of any inexpensivematerial, it is preferably constructed of paper or comparable materialand there is sufficient resilience in this material to permit thesuitably formed lip 32 to perform the function stated.

Preferably the intermediate strip of sales checks is quite thin, so thatbut one doublefaced transfer sheet 33 need be used! This sheet ispreferably stretched overthe top of the platen 6 as shown in Fig. 5 andits ends secured by paste to the sides 9. In assembling the register,the platen upon which the'transfer sheet 33 has been mounted is set inpositionin the lower part of the casing. The magazine roll 8 and thefeed roll 21 are then setin place and thestrip 7 inserted under thetransfer sheet, the strip 7 lying against the upper surface thereof. Thethree strips together are then drawn out across the roller'21 and theroller 19 pushed down intp position, carrying the three stripsdownwardly and positioning them around the rollers as shown in Fig. 1.Next the end of the lower strips 7 is tucked down between the roller 21and the curved end of As the roller 7 the'casing, and the closure 2 ofthe casing 7 to protect it from glue or cement which may exude fromithesurfaces 23.

After assembling thetwo parts of the cas ing, preferably a sealing strip36, Fig. 8, is attached over the joint. An adhesive unaffected byordinary agents is preferably used and the sealing strip is preferablyof a character impossible to duplicate easily or repair it mutilated,such as thin paper havmg planted on 1ts face side an intricate de- Sign.

Then the exhausted register casing is turned in to the ofiice for thepurpose of,

checking the triplicate sales checks against the duplicates turned in atthe time oi each sale, it requires but. a brief inspection todeterminewhether or not the casing has been tampered with in an effortto reach the triplicate strip. Obviously any effort to falsify therecord of sales by withholding or altering the duplicates would beunavailing unless the triplicate could also be altered to correspond.

An alternative methodot sealing the easing is shown in Figs. 9 and 10.The adjacent edges of both part-casings at suitable points are providedwith tabs which are interlocked when the parts are assembled. Preferablyfour tabs 38 are disposed on the edge of part-casing 2, and four tabs 89correspondingly disposed on the edge of partcasing 3. Two of each of thetabs 38 and 39 lie onthe outside and two on the inside of the abuttingedge as shown in Fig. 9. A wax water indicated by the dotted line 41,Fig. 9, is then melted over the interlocked tabs and impressed with asuitable seal. One or more of such seals may be placed on each long sideof the casing as desired. It is contemplated that the seal will beapplied by the maker of the register and that extract the triplicatestrip, merely by breakmg the seal and to reload the register from timeto time as needed, renewing the seal each time as a fresh magazine rollis inserted. In this case the surfaces 23 are not adhesively united, norare the sides 9 attached to the casing, the interlocking tabs and waxwafer holding the halves of the casing together. It is clear from theabove that the sealing strip 36 may be of such a character that itserves not only to seal the joint between the parts of the casing, butalso to hold the parts together, other means being omitted.

Preferably each register is given an identifying number as indicated at48-, which identifies the register with the salesman using it. The saleschecks also bear a number corresponding to that of the register in whichthey are assembled. Preferably the checks are numbered consecutively sothat any missing one will be instantly detected.

I claim:

1. A sales register casing comprising a plurality of members,interlocking corner blocks arranged in said members for holding themembers in alinement, and means on the insideof said casing spaced fromthe joint between said casing members for attaching the interlockedblocks together.

2. A sales register casing comprising a plurality of members,interlocking blocks arranged in said members for holding the members inalinenient, and an adhesivi-a in tel-posed between contiguous surfacesof said blocks and spaced from the contacting edges of said alinedmembers. A

3. In a sales register, a casing, a closure for said casing, and meanson the inside of said casing and closure for effecting a permanent uniontherebetween.

i. A sales register comprising a multipart casing, means Withi'n'thecasingand out of reach oil a non-mutilating iorce'for permanentlyuniting said parts, a supply of sales checks arranged in the casing,means for permitting a recordation of data upon ing said checks acrosssaid platen, and a sealarranged across the joint between said casingparts.

7 A sales register comprising a two-part casing, corner blocks arrangedin one of said parts, a magazine roll of sales checks and a feed rollfor said checks having journals disposed in. recesses in said blocks,corner blocks arranged in the other part of said casing to close saidrecesses and form bearings for said journals, means for permitting arecordation of data upon said sales checks, and means for uniting saidcasing parts to resist a non-mutilating opening force.

8. In a sales register, a casing, a platen arranged in the casing, amagazine roll of sales checks at one end of the platen, and feed rollersat the other end ofthe platen adapted to receive therebetween the saleschecks passing over said platen, one of said feed rollers being mountedto move transversely against the other toranse the sales checks toadhere thereto when the sales checks are placed under tension.

9. In a sales register, a two-part casing having an aperture therein, aplaten arranged below the aperture, a magazine roll of sales checks atone end of said platen, feed. rollers at the other end of the platenadapted to receive therebetween the sales checks passing over saidplaten, one of said feed rollers being movable toward the other to presssaid sales cheeks between said rollers when the sales checks are placedunder ten sion, said casing being provided adjacent the feed rollerswith an'egress aperture for said checks, and means foruniting saidcasing parts to resist a non-mutilating open ing force. a

10. In a sales register. a twopart easing, corner blocks arranged in oneof said parts, a magazine roll of sales checks and a feed roller forsaid checks having journals disposed in recesses in said blocks. cornerblocks arranged in the other part of said casing to close recesses andform bearings for said journals, and a second feed roller havingjournals disposed in grooves in said blocks, said sales :cheeks passingbetween said feed rollers, and said second roller being transverselyinovalolein said groove bearings into operative engagement with saidfirst--mentioned roller when said' sales checks are placedin tension; 7

11. In a'sales register, a two-part Casing, V

blocks arranged in one of said parts, asupply 0t sales checks in saidcasing, a, feed roller tor said checks having ournals disposed inrecesses insaid blocks, corner blocks 7 arranged in the other part ofsaid casing to close said recesses and form bearings forsaid journalsand a second feed roller having ournals disposed in grooves in said-Vblocks whereby saidroller is transversely movable tJHtO ope 'ativeengagement, with said filSh-IUQHUODGCI teed roller, said cheeks beingpassed under said second roller, between the rollers and over the top ofthe C. S. EVANS.

